美国国家公共电台 NPR Heavy Rotation: The 10 Songs Public Radio Can't Stop Playing

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MELISSA BLOCK, HOST:

Time to take the temperature of music on public radio stations across the country this month. Well, it's hot. Here's what the music mavens have put into Heavy Rotation¹.

JESSE MENENDEZ, BYLINE²: My name is Jesse Menendez. I'm a host with Vocalo 91.1 FM in Chicago.

(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "NO CLUE")

RICH JONES: (Singing) I was thinking about next year or even next minute - moving by my...

MENENDEZ: A song that we're really digging here at Vocalo is a new song from North Side hip-hop artist Rich Jones. It's called "No Clue."

(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "NO CLUE")

JONES: (Singing) Trying to get my time, treat you right, a life more complete (ph).

MENENDEZ: He's really developed himself more as an artist and not just a rapper. In this song, you can hear him testing out his register as a singer, which means he's really comfortable now with his delivery.

JONES: (Singing) No clue how happy we'd be.

MYKELE DEVILLE: (Rapping) Precious, you left me feeling breathless. Began to worry, but my heart was on the guest list. The freshness...

MENENDEZ: The song features a guest verse from another MC from Chicago called Mykele Deville. Just dropped this week, and I think it's a perfect summer song from how it makes you feel to the airy vibe to it.

(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "NO CLUE")

JONES: (Singing) About next year, or even next minute.

DEVILLE: (Rapping) Yes, I love, love, love.

JONES: (Singing) Moving by myself - no clue how happy we'd be.

JERAD WALKER, BYLINE: My name is Jerad Walker, and I'm the music director for OPBmusic in Portland, Ore.

(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "IN UNDERTOW")

ALVVAYS: (Singing) You find a wave and try to hold on for as long as you can. You made a mistake. But I...

WALKER: The song I picked is called "In Undertow" by Canadian rock band Alvvays.

(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "IN UNDERTOW")

ALVVAYS: (Singing) What's left for you and me...

WALKER: First off, we should probably clear up any confusion about the band's name. It's spelled Always, A-L-V-V-A-Y-S.

Lead singer Molly Rankin - she was born into Canadian music royalty³. Her dad was a member of this group called the Rankin Family band. They're still active. They're from the Canadian maritime⁴ province of Nova Scotia. They play, like, Celtic-influenced folk and country music, so folks were kind of shocked when she popped up fronting this band.

(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "IN UNDERTOW")

ALVVAYS: (Singing) You respond to my question metaphorically⁵. Don't read into psychology⁶.

WALKER: And I think the lyrics⁷ will grab pretty much anyone who's ever had an argument with a friend or a loved one that just went a step too far (laughter). Perfectly⁸ captures the the mood that you have five days after an argument, where you've had a little bit of time to stew⁹ and you kind of have that attitude - forget you; you were lucky to have me.

(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "IN UNDERTOW")

ALVVAYS: (Singing) There's no turning - there's no turning back, no turning back.

JESSI WHITTEN, BYLINE: I'm Jessi Whitten, the music director at Colorado Public Radio's new music service Open Air. For Heavy Rotation this month, I chose a song called "Ondulation" by a French duo called Burning Peacocks.

(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "ONDULATION")

BURNING PEACOCKS: (Singing in French).

WHITTEN: This is a really young duo that actually features a kind of it girl of sorts, Alma Jodorowsky and her bandmate David Baudart. And they are a really exciting, young, kind of fresh band. They have one full-length album. This is just a little single they came out with just in the perfect time because this song is summer to me. I feel like it's walking out of the air conditioning into the hot, balmy air and realizing it's time to go to the pool.

(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "ONDULATION")

BURNING PEACOCKS: (Singing in French).

WHITTEN: In fact, we only debuted¹⁰ this song on-air last week. It's already really become one of our main summer songs. We had a listener write in and say that this was a sweet summer jam, and that says it all.

(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "ONDULATION")

BURNING PEACOCKS: (Singing in French).